Donations of $25 or more automatically enrolls you as a member, as well as makes you eligible to vote for Directors at annual meetings. Donations in excess of $25, at whatever level you are comfortable making, help ARTinCC raise the funds needed for materials for construction, as well as basic administrative costs such as annual insurance to cover basic medicals if a volunteer gets hurt on a construction project. ARTinCC is a 501c3 nonprofit (EIN 82-4293918), thus your gifts are fully tax deductible as permitted by law. The bike trail is free to the public, thus if you can help cover some of its costs, you can truly feel a sense of ownership of this wonderful community asset. Foundations and donor agencies want to see broad community support before they advance what’s needed to build the trail, thus your giving is critical to us moving forward. It is always hard to decide what is a meaningful gift, which varies from person to person. One test is to define what is really important to you, and give at a level which to you represents your desire that your money be well spent and help accomplish your goals.
We hope to acknowledge gifts in ARTinCC’s annual report, and on this website, unless a donor requests otherwise. Corporate or business gifts will credit the organization. Large gifts will be recognized at Trailheads.
There are four methods in which you can donate to ARTinCC. They are: (1) Make a Current Donation Now; (2) Set up a Recurring Donation; (3) Mail in a Donation; and (4) Donate through the United Way.
| Membership Level | Donation Amount |
|---|---|
| Basic Individual, Couple, or Family | $25 (minimum amount to be considered a member) |
| Friend of the Trail | $26 – $99 |
| Really Good Friend of the Trail | $100 – $249 |
| Allegheny River Ally | $250 – $499 |
| Trail Companion | $500 – $999 |
| River Master | $1000 – $2499 |
| Bridge to a Better Future | $2500 – $4999 |
| Visionary | $5000 or above |
We use 2 online professional companies – PayPal & Donorbox – for a small fee (which you have the option to pay) to process your current and recurring donations for several reasons. They process your donations without us ever coming in contact with your credit card info, and they generate records of payments, transfers to ARTinCC’s bank account, etc. for audits and assurance that your donation reaches ARTinCC’s bank account under tight controls. These systems allow you to make a donation in memory of someone, or in the name of a company, and also allow you to flag your donation as confidential. Many online users have set up their own paypal accounts to easily log on and make a wide variety of payments backed by their credit cards (without having to type in the info for each transaction). Here, you can use a PayPal account if you have one – or choose to set one up – or bypass all of that and directly donate with one of your credit cards as a guest of paypal. The choice is yours, but do not be confused by multiple references to paypal, since their systems process all donations for the above reasons, even those solely with your credit card. These systems also give you the choice of making a current donation, or set up a recurring automatic monthly donation.
DONATE (current)
The first way to make a current meaningful donation, is to use the online form to the left. First select an amount that you are comfortable with donating. Optionally, check the box to designate your donation in memory of someone, and answer the questions that arise after the box is checked.
CLICK NEXT, and answer the questions about your contact information, so we can acknowledge your generosity, and contact you about upcoming events of ARTinCC. You also are given the chance to make your donation in the name of a company, or designate your donation as confidential.
Having input all of your contact information (and listed any corporation as the donor, and decided whether your gift is confidential), you next face a PayPal link. Just below it is the box to check if you want to pay the processing fees along with your donation- ignore this as you choose.
Click the Pay with PayPal icon and consider whether or not you want to set up a personal PayPal account, to avoid having to input credit card info each time you make an online purchase. You need not set up such an account to donate to ARTinCC. If you want to use your personal debit or credit card, click the gray tab “Pay with debit or credit card” or “Checkout as guest”, and that takes you to a screen to fill in your information to use your debit or credit card through PayPal as a guest. When done, click the Continue button, and the donation will be processed. A thank you screen will appear in several seconds once the donation has been accepted!
RECURRING DONATION
The second way to donate is to set up a recurring automatic monthly donation in an amount you want to give, be it $10, $20, $40 or some other custom monthly amount (which you can modify or end at any time). The questions that follow, and the NEXT CLICKS, are the same as with first method (gifts in memory, in a company name, confidential, and full contact information). Recurring monthly gifts are very important and provide a nonprofit such as ARTinCC with a semi-reliable base of recurring support. As with current gifts, we will acknowledge your donation, even if we keep it confidential as to others.
Click NEXT, and answer the questions about your contact information, so we can acknowledge your generosity, and contact you about upcoming events of ARTinCC. You also are given the chance to make your donation in the name of a company, or designate your donation as confidential.
Having input all of your contact information (and listed any corporation as the donor, and decided whether your gift is confidential), you next face a PayPal link. Just below it is the box to check if you want to pay the processing fees along with your donation- ignore this as you choose.
Click the Pay with PayPal icon and consider whether or not you want to set up a personal PayPal account, to avoid having to input credit card info each time you make an online purchase. You need not set up such an account to donate to ARTinCC. If you want to use your personal debit or credit card, click the gray tab “Pay with debit or credit card” or “Checkout as guest”, and that takes you to a screen to fill in your information to use your debit or credit card through PayPal as a guest. When done, click the Continue button, and the donation will be processed. A thank you screen will appear in several seconds once the donation has been accepted!
The third way you can make a meaningful gift to ARTinCC is to mail your donation to ARTinCC, P.O. Box 325, Foxburg, PA 16036, with your contact information so we can thank you, as well as any limiting instructions.
The fourth way you can make a meaningful gift is through the United Way, specifying Allegheny River Trail in Clarion County.
